In the case of The Wire, I don't think Blu-ray will be that's much better. The whole series is in 4:3 anyway and looks pretty good on DVD.
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 12:27 PM
Yea, The Wire won't be coming to blu
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 02:18 PM
It's not a show where look is the most important thing anyway. It would suffice even on VHS. Treme looks much better, actually. But that probably has more to do with the setting.
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Posted 16 June 2012 - 03:14 PM
It's not a show where look is the most important thing anyway. It would suffice even on VHS. Treme looks much better, actually. But that probably has more to do with the setting.
Both succeed to create the right atmosphere though, which is not unimportant when you wan't to reproduce the condition of a city and the people who live in it. Is Treme prettier to watch? Yes.
And, of course, Treme is not 4:3 but 1.77:1
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Posted 17 June 2012 - 11:59 AM
For those watching The Legend of Korra, the one-hour season finale will be this Saturday:
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Posted 17 June 2012 - 02:31 PM
Anyone else here watch The Killing? I am so thankful the second season is ending tonight and we finally found out who freaking killed Rosie Larsen.
I thought the first season was terrific, with everything following a natural chain of events and though I would have liked them revealing the killer at the end, the twist they did was fine and I became OK with it.
The second season though, not a huge fan. I still enjoy the main investigation for the most part - but there is still WAY too much dragging things out and side-quests that go nowhere - but I just don't care about ANY of the other storylines this season. Don't care about Mitch running away, don't care about Richmond re-cooperating and running again, don't care about Stan and the mafia guys, etc.
I love the two main characters though and I'm looking forward to a new season of them investigating a completely new and unrelated murder, hopefully that gets resolved in one season instead of two.
I thought the first season was terrific, with everything following a natural chain of events and though I would have liked them revealing the killer at the end, the twist they did was fine and I became OK with it.
The second season though, not a huge fan. I still enjoy the main investigation for the most part - but there is still WAY too much dragging things out and side-quests that go nowhere - but I just don't care about ANY of the other storylines this season. Don't care about Mitch running away, don't care about Richmond re-cooperating and running again, don't care about Stan and the mafia guys, etc.
I love the two main characters though and I'm looking forward to a new season of them investigating a completely new and unrelated murder, hopefully that gets resolved in one season instead of two.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:07 PM
Say, I just found out that the coolest character of Game Of Thrones also plays in Downton Abbey.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:09 PM
Does he play a cool character in this, as well?
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:11 PM
Can't stand that show, but he certainly is one cool customer.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:14 PM
I'd say let him be the new boss of the replicants in Blade Runner 2! Screw Fassbender!
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:14 PM
No. He needs to be the new Deckard. Let Fassbender be the replicant.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:16 PM
That would be one hell of a cast! Although these two actors might be a little bit too similar. You really need opposites.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:22 PM
I love the two main characters though and I'm looking forward to a new season of them investigating a completely new and unrelated murder, hopefully that gets resolved in one season instead of two.
But they sure dragged out the whole mother/son angle through both seasons, aside from that the investigators are fine. I liked the political machinations in the second season and the bit with the key card seemed actually clever (i thought they were throwing Linden in the mud once again, but luckily they didn't).
So i take it that my streaming service will provide me with a long-awaited ending tonight. Good, another one from the list.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:31 PM
Whatever happens, it'd be a shame if Hollywood didn't come calling for this potentially great new British leading man. He's certainly got the refined quality they like.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 02:18 PM
That scene was funny 
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 02:18 PM
Is the dancing dude moments from being a meal? If so, awesome gif.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 02:19 PM
Sadly, no
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 05:55 PM
Guy doesn't ring any bells. Baby vampire Jessica on the other hand .... 
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Never heard of him.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 09:29 PM
That hair is three inches high.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 10:33 PM
And smile six inches wide.
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He has a face that deserves to be punched. Nobody deserves to look that happy all the time and not suffer for it.
@Wojo: stop being facetious.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 10:56 PM
He suffers for it eventually.... In multiple ways
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 01:23 AM
Watching Master Chef, it's explosive.
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"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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Does anyone know if the American version of The Office is the same as the UK version?
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 03:24 PM
Yeah, only worse.
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Does anyone know if the American version of The Office is the same as the UK version?
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Does anyone know if the American version of The Office is the same as the UK version?
If you watch the USA copy instead of the UK original you should be prosecuted.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:13 PM
It could've been the same setup but with different actors, stories and gags. I wouldn't have mind that but if it's just a copy than I'm not interested.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:16 PM
the American version is far better. Anything without Ricky Gervais is always better.
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"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:18 PM
Is that true?
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:18 PM
It could've been the same setup but with different actors, stories and gags. I wouldn't have mind that but if it's just a copy than I'm not interested.
The pilot script is more or less the same as the first episode of the UK versions's script, which means the basic core characters are similar to the basic core characters of the UK original. A few of the story beats in seasons 1 and 2 are taken from UK ideas, but beyond that they pretty much do their own thing and go off in their own direction, and introduce many new characters that have no UK equivalent. Both shows are good in different ways.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:20 PM
Aha!
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:26 PM
Steve Carrell is decent, Kathy bates was great
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"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:29 PM
Season 1 of the American Office is pretty awful, it makes a lot of people give up and not continue, and assume they know what the entire show must be like because they've seen the 6 episodes that made up the first season.
But season 2 of the American Office is one of the best seasons of a comedy show I've seen, and season 3 was pretty great too. They started going downhill slowly through seasons 4 and 5, and from season 6 onward they basically have a few highlight episodes a year in the middle of a lot of merely OK to not great at all episodes.
So if you decide to give the American show a chance, and hate it a few episodes in, I definitely recommend sticking it out until you get a few episodes into Season 2 before deciding anything.
But season 2 of the American Office is one of the best seasons of a comedy show I've seen, and season 3 was pretty great too. They started going downhill slowly through seasons 4 and 5, and from season 6 onward they basically have a few highlight episodes a year in the middle of a lot of merely OK to not great at all episodes.
So if you decide to give the American show a chance, and hate it a few episodes in, I definitely recommend sticking it out until you get a few episodes into Season 2 before deciding anything.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:37 PM
Is that true?
It's as true as God.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:59 PM
I should mention rainn wilson is awful.
I can barely tolerate it.
I can barely tolerate it.
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"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
"You're not John Conner, I saw you die, said Kyle". "I was only injured, replied John". "No, your injuries were too severe, you died. Look at you, where are your injuries? You're, you're a Terminator." "Kyle, its still me, yes my body was beyond repair, but my essence is here." He points to his head. "No John". Kyle raised his pulse rifle and aimed it at John but before he could fire, John fired first. Knocked to the ground Kyle looked up at the Terminator in the form of the man he once idolized. All hope was lost. "If you kill me how will you ever be born?" "Thats a good question Kyle, all this time we've focus on Sarah, on John, when had we known the it was you we should have targeted all along." John pointed his rifle at Kyle's face. "The resistance is finished, the battle is won. We the machines are the victors, salvation is ours." Kyle never heard the second shot.
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I avoid both versions like the plague.
@Wojo: stop being facetious.
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